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In need of immediate help or support?

Call or text 988, the national hotline for mental health and suicide prevention. You will be connected to a local provider in your area.

Family Support Group

NAMI Family Support Groups, offered by NAMI Affiliates in communities across the country, are free, confidential, and safe groups of families helping families who live with mental health challenges in their lives.

 

Families join a caring group of individuals helping one another through their learned wisdom. Families are no longer alone and they have a renewed sense of hope for their loved ones living with mental health challenges.  

All NAMI Oshkosh Programs are
FREE and Accessible to All
About Mental Illness

A mental illness is a medical condition that disrupts a person's thinking, feelings, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning. 

What is Recovery?

Recovery from serious mental illness is not only possible, but for many people living with mental illness today, probable. The notion of recovery involves a variety of perspectives. 

In Crisis?

Text ''NAMI" to 741741 for 24/7, confidential, free crisis counseling. 

or 

Call the NAMI Helpline at

1-800-950-(NAMI) (6264)

Winnebago County Crisis Hotline (24/7 availability):

920-233-7707

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Fond Du Lac County Crisis Hotline (24/7 availability): 

920-929-3535

Waushara County Crisis Hotline: 

During Business Hours: 

920-787-6550

During After Hours: 

920-787-3321

Green Lake County Crisis Hotline:

During Business Hours:

920-294-4070

During After Hours:

 920-294-4000

(Ask for a crisis worker)

Want to Attend a Meeting?

This group meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM!

Meetings are held at 525 N. Main St.

All meetings are FREE and require NO pre-registration

If you want more information about a training session, call (920) 651-1148 or email info@namioshkosh.org

Goals of Family Support Groups

To encourage, support, and empower people

Provide a support group that is lead by trained facilitators who are also family members of those with mental illness

To provide this support free of charge and with confidentiality

To make this support available to any family member of an individual with mental illness

What People Are Saying

“The most beneficial thing for me was that I am not alone. I found the support group at the time I really needed it!” - A Family Caregiver

Want More Information?

If you would like to receive email updates, send your email address to info@namioshkosh.org

or call 920-651-1148.

If you are having a mental health crisis, call 911. you can request a CIT crisis-trained officer.

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NAMI Oshkosh is an accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit. 
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